By Samantha Grasso From Discourse Blog | Original Article How an old MTV reality show opened my eyes about the military’s iron grip on our culture. We all have our favorite “grownup” TV shows we remember watching as kids, feeling extremely Cool and Adult to be privy to the kind of content clearly marketed to […]
Contact us – wearenotyoursoldiers@worldcantwait.net 347-581-2677 – us so we can set up a visit to your class no matter where located. We Are Not Your Soldiers is ready once again to work with educators to present veterans and their stories of time spent in the U.S. military to your students and to dialogue with those […]
By Shane Harris From The Washington Post | Original Article A group of lawyers is offering advice to military and National Guard members who worry they may be given unlawful orders if deployed during protests or disputes over next month’s elections. The Orders Project was formed in response to the use of force against protesters […]
From Democracy Now | Original Article As the United States marks 19 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, a new report finds at least 37 million people in eight countries have been displaced since the start of the so-called global war on terrorism since 2001. The Costs of War […]
From Refuser Solidarity Network Everyone is talking about Israel’s “new peace,” and the White House is taking credit for delaying the “annexation” of Palestinian land. On the ground in the West Bank it feels almost like an illusion: the daily annexation, occupation and military violence never stopped. My name is Eden, and in 2014 I […]
By Missy Ryan From The Washington Post | Original Article The U.S. military has made about $2 million in condolence payments to civilians in Afghanistan over the past five years, according to Pentagon data that sheds new light on how officials have sought to address the impact of unintended injury and death in America’s longest war. […]
By John Laforge From Counterpunch | Original Article With this week’s commemorations of the US atomic massacres at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there will be countless hours spent on speeches, sermons, hymns, and warnings; tons of ink spilled in op/eds, editorials and articles. All will solemnly promote the need to pursue a world without nuclear weapons. […]
Traducido del inglés por El Mundo no Puede Esperar La gran rebelión hacia la supremacía blanca de gente de todo el país y la terrible respuesta de los fascistas en la Casa Blanca, ha abierto el discurso acerca del rol doméstico del ejército. Esto da a We Are Not Your Soldiers (No Somos Tus Soldados) […]
From World Can’t Wait | Original Article In an ominous escalation of fascism, the Trump/Pence regime sent federal agents from multiple agencies to storm the streets of Portland, Oregon and crush ongoing protests. Trump is now deploying them to positions across the country, targeting those who dare to defy this regime and Democratic-run cities with […]
By Matthew Hoh From Counterpunch | Original Article I was born near New York City in 1973, the year the United States officially ended its war in Vietnam and brought home the last of its combat troops. The Vietnam War, known to the Vietnamese as The American War, was always something removed from me, even […]
From Refuser Solildarity Network My name is Yasmin Ricci-Yahav, I am 18 years old. In August 2019 I publicly refused to join the Israeli army, refused to serve the Israeli occupation. I took this picture outside the Israeli military induction base, just before I was imprisoned. Being a conscientious objector was hard -I was locked […]
By Danny Sjursen From TomDispatch | Original Article It was June 20th and we antiwar vets had traveled all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the midst of a pandemic to protest President Trump’s latest folly, an election 2020 rally where he was to parade his goods and pretend all was well with this country. […]
